Functionalized glass fiber membrane for extraction of iodine species

During nuclear reprocessing and nuclear accidents, the possible release of the radioactive isotopes ¹²⁹I, ¹³¹I in to environment will be hazardous to human health. Aqueous solutions need to be treated before releasing in to the environment. Once the ground water is contaminated with iodide then it enters in to the food chain and accumulates in the body causing dysfunctions the thyroid gland leading to health hazards because of high activity and long half-life (¹²⁹I = 1.6x10⁷y). In this work polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) immobilized glass fiber membrane was used to capture the molecular iodine. To capture the aqueous soluble iodine (I^-, I₃^-), the glass fiber membrane was functionalized with anion exchanger 3-acrylamidopropyl) trimethylammonium chloride